TFR and Birth Rates: a. Define the crude birth-rate and the total fertility rate Suppose country A and B have are identical in their population size and structure, and rate of mortality, but A has a higher average TFR than B. b. What could be some of the reasons why A has a higher fertility rate than B? c. What will be true about the size and age structure of the population in A relative to B in 25 years? Will the proportion of young people to old people be higher or lower in A? d. Now suppose the governments of both A and B impose a one-child policy (the TFR was greater than 1 in both A and B). Suppose the policy is fully enforced (i.e. all families indeed have one kid). Is the fertility rate the same in A and B? Is the birth rate same in A and B? e. Is the population growth rate higher or lower in A? f. As more time passes, the population growth will eventually slow down in both countries. What will happen to the proportion of old in the population as population growth slows down?
TFR and Birth Rates:
a. Define the crude birth-rate and the total fertility rate
Suppose country A and B have are identical in their population size and
structure, and rate of mortality, but A has a higher average TFR than B.
b. What could be some of the reasons why A has a higher fertility rate
than B?
c. What will be true about the size and age structure of the population in A
relative to B in 25 years? Will the proportion of young people to old
people be higher or lower in A?
d. Now suppose the governments of both A and B impose a one-child policy
(the TFR was greater than 1 in both A and B). Suppose the policy is fully
enforced (i.e. all families indeed have one kid). Is the fertility rate the
same in A and B? Is the birth rate same in A and B?
e. Is the population growth rate higher or lower in A?
f. As more time passes, the population growth will eventually slow down in
both countries. What will happen to the proportion of old in the population
as population growth slows down?
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